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• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... For the MIT class of 2012 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity & ... Schooling Public school 66% Private school 15% Religious school 11% Foreign

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to ... the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  field of view. A first grade amazement turned into a middle school ... of major in the comments. If you offer to bring me cookies at CPW, I ... (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  of them offers me a blueberry (best solution ever, right? It was a good ... I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  I just turned nineteen, and the journey billed as the first year of the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... information technology and toward the pursuit of transportation. I'm nursing my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  of the year frenzy when finals come rolling out, and everyone was too busy studying (or panicking about studying) to worry about things like ... to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  grand total of my high school knowledge is quickly being surpassed. But ... MIT is a lot like a bowl of milk. A really really big bowl of milk ... -loving entity of your choice). How big is this bowl of milk exactly? Well, I don

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  different from UROP. It is an internship program sponsored by the School of ... Three days of class: 20 sheets of notebook paper Four days of non-stop studying: 8 cups of coffee Three exams: 5 wrinkles and 3 gray hairs Having 2

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you ... Filipino food to school because I couldn’t bear the embarrassment of having ... jungle-like terrain to go to school.  They combatted the struggles of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  subjects are offered? Here is a partial list of subjects: Fundamentals of ... Arts] If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing ... of opportunities at MIT. MyMIT bloggers have written about many student

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  having fun is one of my favorite things about this school because it ... MIT is a weird school. Seriously. If I asked you to picture a normal ... hallway to climbing a rock wall on the side of a student-built wooden fort

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  taken their school's science club to nationals. And I've never done any of ... anything to offer in comparison to the rest of the class of 2011. I was ... I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  's different than the school year. There are many many many reasons why it ... == Empty A lot of what makes MIT MIT is the people you'll find here. I didn't used to be very social, I lived in the middle of nowhere and was very

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to ... . Concourse offers small classes in the math and science GIRs as well as small ... the meaning of human nature, the basis and character of morality, the
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  high school. I take the free bus down to the other end of 16th Street ... of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also ... to the ticket window. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  ): The Evolution of Our Scientific Answers to Seven Fundamental Questions MIT is not the only school with Splashes. It does have the biggest ... just the ones I'm aware of.) We want Splash programs to learn from each

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  tier-listing all the classes i’ve taken at mit and some other things

  

  already super busy semesters. Also, I took five out of six of these in the ... of the classes I’ve taken at MIT, map them, etc. Shoutout to other ... semesters, I’ve taken 43 classes, totaling 510 units, for an average of about

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  -screencaps If you think you’ve just stumbled into the wrong part of the ... are no silly videos of me singing off-tune today. There are no silly doodles that I drew during class today. Nay – today… we get down to BUSINESS

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011